Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] give [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all its strengths , the game has a few flaws — you ca n't drop objects or give them to another character . |
| 2 | Alright , what 's happening now , is that we 're taking resources away from those efficient sectors and giving it to inefficient agriculture . |
| 3 | He terrified the inhabitants of Staufen Swabia , confiscated fiefs which had been conferred on ecclesiastics and gave them to his Saxon and English supporters . |
| 4 | Tom picked up Willie 's three books and gave them to him to carry . |
| 5 | When choosing say , a new fridge , do we worry about the power it uses compared with our existing model , or do we go for the one with the clever arrangement of shelves that gives plenty of room for the mineral water ? |
| 6 | I found the main control lines and gave them to Esmerelda , showing her how to hold them , and where . |
| 7 | Then , since the fisherman did not come home , every morning she took his supper to the cliff-side and fed it to the wild snakes ; every noon she took the hempen nets and gave them to the sea-birds to build their nests . |
| 8 | He smoothed the paper with his fingers and gave it to her . |
| 9 | The government has decided to take power over sex education out of the hands of local authorities and give it to school governors and parents . |
| 10 | Er I 've done the slips and given them to Margaret to be . |
| 11 | There was loads of levers and , and er er crossheads and , and different things that gave plenty of work to our colleagues er including the housing you know , which was a huge er er piece of er welded equipment you know , built into the side of the ship . |
| 12 | He was older so I listened to him , so I 'd shoplift all these things and give them to him . ’ |
| 13 | She cooked his favourite meals , kept the house neat and clean , obeyed him in all things and gave herself to him willingly and frequently . |
| 14 | She took out one of the pounds and gave it to her daughter . |
| 15 | Have a tin of , have a pack of my chocolates and give them to Gail , and give them to that to Beverley . |
| 16 | Take decisions away from bureaucracies and give them to people : that is the principle . |
| 17 | And he picked a basketful of the pears and gave them to Gabriel . |
| 18 | I note that it is the Liberal Democrats ' policy to take power away from parents and governors and to give it to centralised bureaucrats , and that is precisely like the Labour party policy as in so many things . |
| 19 | A lioness , having caught a gazelle , may not kill it but drag it back alive to her cubs and give it to them so that , crippled though it is , the cubs may have a little practice in how to bring it down . |
| 20 | I took fruit from the Frames and gave it to the others . ’ |
| 21 | Why not make a chimney of your own , fill it with sweets and give it to someone for Christmas ? |
| 22 | It was quite simply we we were taking the business away from the high street erm glossy type travel agents and giving it to the back street travel agents . |
| 23 | Mum could n't read anyway but she always seemed to know when Auntie Nellie wrote and Dad made it my job to hide these letters and give them to him when Mum was out of the way . |
| 24 | He then scattered it on pub floors or gave it to friends to buy drugs . |